Lusaka - Post Report Question and Answers

What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?

I wish I'd known how expensive and time consuming it is to fly in and out. - Mar 2022


Most goods are more expensive than I anticipated. Infrastructure is bad (water/electricity/internet). "Witchcraft" is very much a thing that many people believe in, as is mob justice (don't be shocked when you see someone getting beaten up by a crowd). - Dec 2021


How much I miss having a city to walk in-and how expensive it was to travel within Zambia. - Nov 2017


That I needed sweaters for cold season! - Jan 2017


I wish I had known that I would be able to find some of my favorite things here, so there was no need to stock up like a mad woman. - Jun 2016


How expensive it would be to travel within the region. Plane tickets to any of the neighboring countries will cost at least $500-900. - May 2016


That the art scene is essentially non-existent and it is so expensive to go to nice lodges and most safari stuff requires 6+ hour drives. - Aug 2014


Should have sent more canned goods, brought fewer winter clothes and more surge protectors. - Jan 2014


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